Re: ActiveState releases ActiveTcl 8.4.16 and ActiveTcl8.5.0 Beta 9

Ian Gay wrote:
andreask@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Andreas Kupries (AS Dev)) wrote in
news:sa6hclgw54z.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

ActiveState is pleased to announce ActiveTcl 8.4.16, a core
patchlevel release of the complete, ready-to-install Tcl
distribution for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX;
and ActiveTcl 8.5.0 Beta 9, based on the upcoming Tcl/Tk 8.5
release.

[snip]
== New in ActiveTcl 8.5.0 Beta 9 ==
[snip]
* Anti-aliased font support on X-Windows (already supported on

Are you sure? I downloaded the Linux binary today, and the fonts are definitely worse-looking than with 8.5a4 which I compiled with --enable-xft

We have an issue with the build machine that we use in that it has a botched Xft release. We'll need to find a new distro to base our builds off of to correct this problem.

Jeff
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Did you switch from Windows to Linux? How did you find the process?
    ... find a Linux "equivalent" to. ... firewall, periodically defragmenting the filesystem, periodically ... this machine here due to flawed hardware, ...
    (alt.os.linux)
  • Re: is tcl/tk dying out?!
    ... platforms, as far as I can see (AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, ... most apps included with the distribution, ... ActiveTcl under Linux almost daily. ... But thats a similar situation for many other packages. ...
    (comp.lang.tcl)
  • Re: My Continuing Adventures With Linux
    ... most of the newer SW you need high spec boxes and I'm just not going to go out and spend $1K or more getting more/new boxes and HW just so I can use the latest SW when all of my old boxes work fine, and I can do wp & spreadsheets & internet jazz to my heart's content. ... Considering that many versions of Linux aren't commercial, and that there are a number of volunteers working on it, the chances of serious bugs arising is likely reduced as there are no deadlines to meet and no advertising propaganda to live up to. ... In the department where I used to teach, two new IBM machines arrived one day and they had OS/2 on them. ...
    (sci.research.careers)
  • Re: My Mandrake 10.0 experience
    ... > chooses NOT to install any of them. ... > fed up with people who come in here and bash Linux when they don't know ... Why would anyone think he will carefully follow the excellent Gentoo ...
    (alt.os.linux)
  • Re: What is it? Set 230
    ... since that would change from platform to platform. ... "Bookmark link..."= Add link to bookmarks ... I've been avoiding Linux because I ...
    (rec.crafts.metalworking)